He is scheduled to return only on Saturday morning. But, if sources are to be believed, several other factors like Kovind's not-so-strong RSS links and the Gujarat polls also played a pivotal role in his selection. Sharad Yadav: Former president of Janata Dal (United) is a prominent opposition leader, who can be nominated for the constitutiona...

The police did not describe the incident as an attack, but they did confirm that investigation of the incident is being carried out by the Counter Terrorism Command. "So we pushed people away from him until he was safely put into the back of the van". The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said "the incident reflected the rise of Islamop...

Mr Ali, 28, said a man in a wheelchair was among those hit by the speeding vehicle. The attack hits a community already feeling targeted in the fallout from the London Bridge killings and other attacks blamed on Islamic extremists. "There has been an outpouring of sympathy for all for the recent terror attacks but hardly a whisper on this attack"...

Scalise was wounded when a gunman opened fire at a GOP lawmaker baseball practice Wednesday morning. The bullet damaged blood vessels, bones, and internal organs, Sava said. James Hodgkinson had been a vocal opponent of the Republican party . President Donald Trump did not attend but sent a video message of support.

The Muslim Council of Britain said the vehicle had hit people as they were leaving Finsbury Park mosque. British counter-terrorism officers have joined regular police to help investigate the incident, according to the Guardian . Police have named the man suspected of using a van to attack worshipers at a London mosque as 47-year-old Darren...

The choice displays Modi and Shah's penchant for pulling off "spectacular surprises" such as the appointment of Yogi Adityanath as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. Yet, Kovind's candidature has been lauded by the RSS with the outfit's spokesman Prof Rakesh Sinha describing him as "a flawless person" and "a man with a clear vision".

His mental health reportedly will be assessed on Monday. An imam prevented other people at the scene from taking revenge on the man, Kacimi said. "Their restraint in the circumstances was commendable". The mosques were busy with people observing the holy month of Ramadan. British Security Minister Ben Wallace said authorities were aware of risi...

Image: Firefighters work to put out a forest fire near the village of Fato, central Portugal , June 18, 2017. They also belive the death toll will rise as fire fighters reach remote villages. More than 1,000 firefighters were yesterday still battling a giant forest fire that swept through central Portugal at the weekend, killing at least 62 peop...

The blast occurred around 4:50 p.m. local time at the gate of the kindergarten, as the children were leaving, Xinhua news agency reported . Xu dropped out of school due to neurological disorders. Clothes and shoes were also seen strewn across the ground. A video posted by the People's Daily showed emergency workers arriving at the scene with...

He then thanked worshippers who restrained the attacker. The man, who is in custody at a south London police station, was arrested earlier on suspicion of attempted murder. He said there had been a spike in Islamophobic hate crimes since the London Bridge terrorist attack . Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said: "Our thoughts are wi...

A Tuesday special election in the northern suburbs of Atlanta will settle just one of 435 U.S. House seats, but it has become a national story in the early months of Donald Trump's presidency. Ad campaigns like these are part of a massive investment on Handel's behalf from outside groups. The price tag of the Georgia special congressional elect...

He was elected twice to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. "Since Mayawati has to take care of her Dalit vote bank, she can not openly oppose a Dalit candidate". Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will convene a meeting of party leaders to decide on supporting the NDA's choice for President, party MP Sanjay Raut said on Monday.

The Chicago native posted a gallery of images on Instagram Monday morning showing her with her girlfriends enjoying one of their favorite pastimes during the Obamas' eight years in the White House. "Our boot camp weekends were a reminder that if we want to keep taking care of each others, we need to take care of ourselves first", she wrote. Now t...

Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind , the Presidential candidate of the ruling National Democratic Alliance ( NDA ) meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on June 19. Mr. Adityanath said there can be "no greater honour" for the Dalit community than to see a social activist from Dalit family rise to the post of President.

Mamata Banerjee said that the opposition would meet on June 22 to decide on the name suggested by the BJP. Virtually accusing the BJP of playing Dalit vote-bank politics, the Shiv Sena on Monday said if the ally had put forth Ram Nath Kovind's name merely to capture the community's votes, it would not support him.

But Trump signed that very watered-down version after withdrawing the original travel ban, Rove said . In their legal argument, the government's lawyers have sought to convince judges should dismiss Trump's public statements as campaign trail rhetoric.

May chaired an emergency response meeting Monday morning. The mosques' worshipers, who come mainly from North and West Africa, had just left special prayers during the holy month of Ramadan. A police officer talks to local people at Finsbury Park in north London , where a vehicle struck pedestrians in north London Monday, June 19, 2017 .

Authorities and the media faced questions Monday over whether they treated the terror attack on a group of Muslim worshipers in north London in the same way as other, Islamist-inspired incidents. The attack comes at a time of political turmoil in Britain, as Prime Minister May plunges into divorce talks with the European Union weakened by the los...

A bomb disposal police officer checks the vehicle, which rammed into a police van, in a sealed off area on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris , on June 19, 2017. Khan says all these incidents are attacks on the city's shared values. "They got out of a police truck and tried to break the glass and take the man out, they shot and threw tear gas an...

Seven Dead and Three Wounded in Saturday's Incident JAPAN - In the early hours of the morning of Saturday, 17 June the US Navy destroyer USS Fitgerald (DDG 62) and the APX Crystal , a 30,000 dwt container ship, were involved in a serious collision at the entrance to Tokyo Bay.